I am elated and truly, truly, truly excited to be
我很高兴 也非常非常非常激动
present and fully connected to you at this important moment in your journey
能够到场 出席大家人生旅程中的这一重要时刻
I want to thank the Trustees, Administrators and Faculty of MUM
我要感谢玛赫西管理大学校董会 管理者和教职员工
for creating an institution worthy of Maharishi's ideals of education
创造出了一所体现玛赫西教育理念的大学机构
as well as enabling the students, through
让学生能够
Transcendental Meditation and ancient Vedic knowledge
通过超越冥想和古老的吠陀知识
to slack off twice a day for an hour and a half
每天偷懒两次 总共一个半小时
And to the graduating class of 2017
对于毕业生2017届
minus 3
减3届
You didn't let me finish
让我把话说完
Congratulations. Yes, give yourselves a round of applause, please
祝贺你们 请为你们自己鼓掌
You are the vanguard of knowledge and consciousness
你们是知识和觉悟的先锋
a new wave in a vast ocean of possibilities
充满各种可能性的海洋的新浪潮
On the other side of that door
在门的另外一侧
there is a world starving for new ideas, new leadership
有一整个世界都在等待新思想 新领导
I've been out there for 30 years
我在外闯荡了30年
She's a wild cat
她是一只野猫
She'll rub up against your leg and purr until you pick her up and start petting her
她会边蹭到你的腿边喵喵叫 直到你把她抱起抚摸
and out of nowhere she'll swat you in the face
然而冷不丁地 她又会在你脸上猛抽一爪
You can spend your whole life imagining ghosts
你可以把一生都花在想象幽灵
worrying about your pathway to the future
担心通往未来的道路
but all there will ever be is what's happening here
但真正重要的 是此时此地发生的事情
and the decisions we make in this moment
是我们此刻作出的决定
which are based in either love or fear
这只基于热爱或是恐惧
So many of us choose our path out of fear
很多人在选择道路时都选择了恐惧
disguised as practicality
还用现实性加以掩饰
What we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect
我们想要的东西看起来总是遥不可及
so whenever dare to ask the universe for it. I'm saying
于是我们没有勇气向宇宙去争取它
I'm the proof that you can ask the universe for it, please
我想说 我就是证明 你们完全可以向宇宙去争取它
